Not My Problem

When I was in Junior High I didn't know that I
should vote for myself, so I lost the post of
Class Rep by one vote.
Mine.

The teacher, aware of my innocence told me I
was deputy class rep.

One day something happened.
Something Big.
And I found out about it.
Which is weird cause I am usually the last
to know anything.

I ran across the school ground, fell, skinned
my knee, kept going, racing to where the
Student Council was meeting.

The door was closed, I tried to get in and
Big Fat Arlene came out and told me I could
not be allowed in.

I tried to explain why I needed to get inside,
but of course she wasn't going to listen, or
had the brain capacity to understand.

A girl named Thelma came up, heard what I had
to say, and then, oddly replied;
"It is Not Your Problem."

My mouth was crammed with so many words I
choked...
but she was right.
It was Not My Problem.

A beatific smile exploded and I walked away
singing my "It's Not My Problem" song.

The next day when the crap hit the fan and
the school was in chaos, I sat back, with
my beatific smile, because it was Not My
Problem.

Other kids were distressed, other kids were
berating me for my who cares attitude.

Much later in life, the same thing happened.
Only it wasn't a class rep, it was a Member
of Parliament. And it wasn't some school issue
but a national one.

The secretary refused to let me speak to the
MP and I realised;
It was Not My Problem.

So I sang my song, and watched the crap hit
the fan, and, well, I chuckled.

A few years later I approached the then
Prime Minister, my mouth full of important
information.
But the Prime Minister didn't want to hear it.
So
It's not my problem.

In life, if you surround yourself with idiots,
if you can not differentiate between people who
only want to speak with you because they have
something important to say, and those who are
begging or wasting time, well, you won't get far.
And if you do get anywhere
it won't last very long.

If Portia Simpson-Miller of 2006 had the same
advisers she did in 1986 or 1996 she'd still
be Prime Minister.